Admittedly, it's only been two days since she left rehab, but still, last night's appearance on Chelsea Lately, which the notoriously troubled starlet guest-hosted, marks one of her best television appearances in recent memory. Maybe her only great television appearance in recent memory.

Indeed, Lohan was typically self-deprecating — almost bracingly so — while executing impressive comic timing (she actually hit her marks!). But more than anything, she just seemed like she was actually in on the joke, not just playing along with the self-immolation because that's what she's being told to do.

Sure, a lot of the jokes were penned for her, but there was a playfulness and spontaneity that's been foreign from most of her appearances, which have tended to feel dour. Even just for participating so gamely, she deserves some applause. Here were her five best moments:

1. After trotting out costumed actors depicting other tabloid fixtures — Anthony Weiner, the royal baby — Lohan quipped, "How come when Kanye acts like an idiot he gets a gold record, but when I act like an idiot I get a police record?" (It's different kinds of idiocy, Linds.) On Bieber, she said, "I wanna thank Justin Bieber being where you shouldn't, spitting where you shouldn't and wearing your pants where you shouldn't." Yup, that's fair.

3. When discussing a recent incident where Kristen Stewart fired back at an aggressive paparazzo, Lohan said, "I'm just excited that Kristen Stewart, you know, finally showed some emotion." (Same here.)

4. Bars in New York City poured out their Russian vodka to protest the country's treatment of gays, a practice which Lohan described as "a waste of good vodka." She continued: "I know I can't drink vodka. I'm physically allergic to it, so that's my thing with that, but it's a waste." One comedian on the panel countered, "What happens?" She replied, "I end up in rehab or jail. Rightfully so." Well played.

5. While wrapping up her interview with Orphan Black star Dylan Bruce, Lohan promised the audience, "When we come back, I'm going to remove all the toxic people from my life — starting with the people I met here today." It was a great send-up of what the public might expect from her — that a freshly rehabbed Lindsay would be pious and holier-than-thou — and it rang true to where she's been.